Dear Broom Knight

“Thank you for your brotherly affection.” Yuri delivered his concluding remarks just as Aruna was about to lose his patience. “So, for the sake of our eldest brother, for the sake of our little brother who’s about to cry, just go to the Gzaer territory once! Aren't you quite fond of the Lowry's castle restaurant?”

Aruna rolled his eyes at his second eldest brother. “I would like to, but can I afford it?”

Does he really think anyone can build a prosperous land out of a devastated territory in just a few years like Baron Lowry?

However, even Lowry, a wizard as capable as he is, only managed to build a rough prototype of the territory in the first four years!

Although it was because he was too young, and the people of Gzaer territory were not very willing to follow this wizard lord before seeing real benefits, they didn't take the money and not do the work either.

However, Aruna didn't have the confidence to exchange money for time. Moreover, the most prosperous area of the Hamilton Earl territory, which is the section between the baronial castles of Baron Dugan and Baron Barty, has been designated as the earl's direct territory.

The three of them, who were definitely capable of advancing to level 10 and were enduring special profession training... scholar Yuri, bard Seven, swordsman Aruna... were unequivocally enfeoffed as baronial lords.

As for the younger ones like Milan, they would definitely have to wait a few more years. Although they were granted titles, they were still regarded as 'probationary barons,' landless nobles. If they wanted to officially become full-fledged barons and completely transfer the part of the territory they were currently managing to their names, they would either need sufficient military merits or powerful strength.

The reason they were able to obtain permission from the Nobility Affairs Office so easily was, in the end, because they could all find their families of origin.

Otherwise, if they were of commoner origin, it would not have been so easy.

Even if they met the basic standards of nobility and Leon, as the lord, was willing to share the benefits in his hands.

In fact, the other two younger knights and Milan were also at level eight.

If their surnames were a little better, the Nobility Affairs Office wouldn't be so tough... after all, Leon's attitude was so firm, and he proposed the enfeoffment edict by borrowing the authority of the White Dragon King.

However, as far as the Nobility Affairs Office was concerned, they would never allow the three of them, who were at most from knight families and whose surnames, after searching, had hardly any proper nobles, to open up new territories so easily... Yes, it's not that there were no nobles, it's just that most of them were military merit families who were enfeoffed based on military achievements, and even the title of baron was rare.

If Milan and the others simply didn't have any proper surnames, it would definitely be even more troublesome.

They would inevitably have to start climbing up from the rank of esquire, which is a probationary noble.

Moreover, if they didn't drag it out for a few years, Leon would probably have to rush to the capital to go crazy.

Which year wouldn't high-ranking generals of the National Defense Forces have to carry military merit documents and team up to argue with the Nobility Affairs Office for a few days to get the probationary titles back!

Inheritance and pioneering are always two different things. The latter requires unimaginable efforts to reach the starting point of the former.

Blocking the pioneers are not only long stairs, but also stones of all sizes that roll down from the top of the stairs from those who arrived earlier.

The reason why Aruna has always looked so decadent in recent years, besides feeling that he would probably have to work like a horse for the eldest brother's little崽子 in the future, is also because he really doesn't want to accept that he is actually benefiting from his original surname, which is such a bad thing.

However, as an adventurer who has seen a lot of the world's troubles, Aruna can't possibly give up the benefits he deserves for the sake of the revulsion in his heart... He is in no way unworthy of the position of baronial lord of this territory.

All the benefits that seem to come from the family that he had long abandoned are all derived from unreasonable and illegal selfish thoughts. Aruna feels that he is not so entangled by these things.

But he still fell into a trough because he remembered those past, messy events.

Although he was still muttering 'why me' on his lips, his claws very actively began to groom himself... Aruna knew very well that, apart from Milan, only he was suitable to go to the Gzaer territory.

The other two knight brothers of their Blade of the Fierce Tiger are completely copies of the eldest brother, learning everything from Leon.

And Leon himself is the person who dislikes Alex's old-fashioned ideas the most.

He has always believed that what knights need to follow is the nobility of their hearts, not the superficial rituals that are like performances.

Even Seven, the bard, is too busy to deal with it, let alone a great scholar like Yuri.

Even Aruna is only a little decadent on the outside, and he also has a lot of things to do.

To put it bluntly, Milan is the one with the easiest task.

After all, although he needs to keep running around, given the current situation in the northern border, no one will give Milan a hard time... Most of the external liaison affairs are to the Montes territory and the Gzaer territory, plus the National Defense Forces.

Moreover, his brothers would never let Milan do some work that would make people feel bad or too dark.

Although they seem very strict with their younger brothers, the older brothers unanimously let their younger brothers only see the difficulties of the world, while the troublesome things that would stain their hearts were completely excluded.

Aruna suddenly impatiently 'tsk'ed. “What if Milan comes back? That kid will definitely want to take over my work here.”

They all know very well that their stubborn and competitive younger brother would never let Aruna work overtime because of him.

But, as the 'Sheriff' of the Hamilton Earl territory, the security that Aruna needs to deal with is never just the superficial kind.

Barty and Dugan are people who cooperated with the evil cult, and the sequelae they left behind are simply devastating!

“Leon will handle it.” Yuri said softly, “It’s time for him to come forward.”

Aruna was stunned for a moment, and said a little puzzledly: “Isn’t he been messing around with the border defense army during this time?”

Although because of his identity, Leon naturally has an advantage in the border defense army... Even if he hasn't fought in the border defense army for at least ten years like the former Earl of Montes, and has collegial feelings with most of the high-ranking officers, as long as Leon is a junior valued by the White Dragon King, he can naturally have the support of the King's army.

Of course, it's not to say that the border defense army will listen to Leon's orders from now on, that's impossible.

Isn't the Earl of Montes also holding the position of leader of the Northern Border Army! But he's almost ruined and killed, and the nearest border defense army hasn't sent a strong man to support him.

There is no way, in order to avoid being diverted from the mountain, the middle and high-ranking officers of the border defense army cannot arbitrarily leave their own war zone within a hundred kilometers.

The border lords do have very powerful power, after all, although they are said to be supported by the state, in essence, for the sake of convenience, the King's army's military resources are basically provided by the border lords.

But this part cannot be counted as the border lord's expenditure, but the tax that should have been paid to the King is directly transferred to the King's army.

Of course, this is not determined by how much the border lord says it is, the King will inevitably send one or even several financial officers to stay in the border to monitor.

So, one can imagine that only a King who holds real power can grasp the relationship between the border lord and the border defense army.

It can even easily control the border lord's contribution to the border defense army within a certain range... Unless it is a time of war, there must be supplies sent to the army from afar, which are obviously allocated by the King.

These are all things on the surface, however, once the King can't control the situation, in order to ensure their own interests, the border defense army will naturally tend to the border lord a little.

Sometimes, loyalty and self-preservation can still be a little flexible.

After all, sometimes, even if they know that the border is the guarantee of their extravagant life, some nobles still feel that there is no need to treat them so well.

Do they have to eat meat and big meals?

Rye is also very nutritious, or, add some beans?

If the King can't suppress the greed of the nobles, and can't come up with enough supplies for the border army... then the King's army can't become the border lord's thug.

Like the border army of the Icefield Kingdom next door, their lives are very confused... Sometimes they can't tell who is giving them orders.

It has been much better in recent years, but the border army of the Icefield Kingdom is obviously still more perfunctory, otherwise the Ice King's subordinates would not be able to live so wantonly.

To be honest, the ice and snow cultists are really not good at hiding their existence, and wherever they go, there is barking everywhere.

The northern border will definitely not be so miserable.

No matter what it was like before, at least in these years after the White Dragon King took power, the border army is very clear about who's food they are eating.

But, Leon still has to let the Northern Border Army understand that the reason why he, the new Border Earl, can take the position is not only because of his identity, but also because he does have strong combat power.

Otherwise, no matter how much respect there is, it doesn't mean that they will choose to listen to Leon's command when encountering major events.

For the past four years, Leon has thrown all the affairs in the territory to his younger brothers, and wholeheartedly fought from east to west on the northern defense line.

In the army, only face-to-face direct combat is the greatest persuasion.

“It’s over.” Yuri replied calmly, “He just left the camp on the snow-capped cliffs of Gzaer territory the day before yesterday.”